Murder Country Style had its final performance tonight. All of the performances have had a terrific audience response. I spent the morning walking around Market House Square showing the facilities to a potential new staff member and his wife who came in for a visit from out of town. We talked about all of the great things going on at the theatre and in Paducah. We also talked about living and working in Paducah in general. Even though it was raining outside the street was filled with kids going in and out of our Studio Theatre and Classroom facility for footlights classes. The Railroad Museum and the Market House Museum were having openings today and the Strong Man competition was going on in the street outside of Does restaurant. The new Make business was opening downtown and so many things were happening. We had lunch at Kirchhoffs and it was full of parents and kids. You couldn't help but feel the energy and what a great town Paducah was to live in.
Market House Theatre itself has so many things going on and the theatre is growing by leaps and bounds. It is really an exciting time at the theatre and years of planning and working are starting to show the fruits of those labors. As we walked through the historic buildings that make up the theatre you couldn't help but feel the vibrant life that is filling (and yes overflowing in some spaces) Market House Theatre's use of those spaces. There are many technical directors, designers and directors that I interviewed at the Southeastern Theatre Conference that I hope will become part of the future of MHT. It's hard not to get excited when you look at the theatre's future.
